I came home to find this little parcel for me. I am always so excited to receive things in the mail. I went through a period of time when I was purchasing a lot from the internet and it felt like an endless christmas!

The parcel contained stickers for my business that I have just recently designed and ordered. If you look at the oval sticker, there is a huge white space above "The Tale Thief" and also on the badly smudged parts of the circular stickers. These are not errors in printing as I took the liberty of smudging out a few words from there because that would be this summer's surprise.

Time to get back to work! I just thought I would share a little of my excitement with you :)

xoxo
Thia

p.s. don't try going on the website yet. I haven't published it!

I would like to introduce to you the newest addition to my family... The one and only.. 13 inch MacBook Air!

I have been an avid Mac user ever since 2008 and I hope to continue being one. I received MacBook as an early and late birthday present (for this year and last year) from my Parents. It was mainly because my mum wanted to purchase before the financial year ended. I am extremely excited about using it however; I am too sentimental of my old MacBook so right now I'm switching between the two. We have had such an amazing relationship (my old MacBook and I) that it's going to be hard to let go of it. However, I did promise my auntie I would reset it for her to use.

I thought I'd share with you my joy upon meeting my new baby hahaha

Isn't she lovely?

I'll post more interesting posts later.. but for now... I am heading off to renovate my room :)

xoxo

Thia

For our 8 months anniversary, Matt gave me a stack of letters for everyday of the week. It was his ultimate anniversary week! with our 13 month coming just around the corner, I thought this post would be quite appropriate.

On each letter, he had written the activity of the day. He would pick me up or meet me somewhere and we would do stuff for the rest of the day. I recall that week, on a Tuesday, I woke up excited at the thought of ripping open the envelope.

After breakfast, it was revealed that the day's activity would be a photo day! If you have read my blog, I love photography. I am not saying I am any good at it, but I sure as hell am passionate. That morning, I got ready for what was to be one of the most memorable day I've ever had with Matt.

It was of course self photographed and it made the experience a million times more special as we both had to run back and forth to set off the timer and pose in under 10 seconds. Here is our little collection of photos:

I like a man with a camera :P

Sneak Photo!

This was one of the most challenging photo to take! I had to do the back and forth running because Matt was positioned high up and he looked good there :) It took 50 takes before we got it right and that was after about 10 falls and 15 misses! Not to mention.. it was the first time I climbed a tree!

Hope you liked them! It was such a wonderful experience and we have been talking about doing more self-photography, with crazy concepts! So, look out for those!! :)


xoxo
Thia

Oh look at that, two entries in a row! A new record hahah

Well, my iPhoto decided to work! and I found this one photo that I haven't showed that many people. My mother said it wasn't a good photo of me, well.. it's not meant to!

I took this photo one night when I was having a photography "dry spell" It's the worst feeling especially if there is nothing to photograph. This photograph was meant to be about the "materialistic" world. It was meant to have me standing on a pile of shoes etc.. but I couldn't at the time access my collection of shoes as it was locked away :( So instead, I created an image of how I would feel when all that's important to me is gone (inclusive of my shoes..) I call this,

HAUNTED...

It was so difficult as it was my first self portrait and non-natural light photography; to position the camera, get the light to hit where I wanted it to, get the correct facial expression etc. etc. One thing's for sure, I think I'm much better behind the camera than in front :)

xoxo

Thia

First thing you should know about me is that I'm a juggler. I'm one of those people that likes a lot of things and wants to do a lot of things but lack the time. The majority of my time is split between work, university and attempting to salvage what is left of my social life. On top of that, I need to keep feeding my addiction of food, fashion, fitness and fotography.

In saying that I'm a juggler, I don't mean that I'm a good one. I tend to procrastinate, a lot... I am doing it right now. I should really be doing my control mechanism assignment but who wants to be reading up theories on valsalva manoeuvres when I could be looking up my next inspiration for my photography. I'm a huge fan of Tim Walker who just loves to belittle people.... (you'll know what I mean). Here are two of my favourites:

Illustration Tim Walker

What else to say... I obsess over little things and I am a bit of a perfectionist. I stayed up till' 3 in the AM yesterday perfecting the banner for "House of the Tale Thief" only to find that I had no idea how to get it to sit in the middle of the page. Does anyone?? Please e-mail me if you do.. I am trying to get the hang of this whole blogging thing. 

I learnt last night as I was slowly falling asleep that if I don't let things go, nothing will get done so here I am posting my very first blog with my eye slightly twitching at the imperfection of the blog. At least it's my imperfections and mine only. One that I hope to fix soon but will love for now. 

I hope that my blog will inspire people. In what way? We shall see together. I can't predict the future but I have great hopes for it.

Thia
xoxo